October 3

On his way home, Yuuki found himself deep in thought, he really needed to make it perfect. He wasn't a perfectionist, but he loved to see people smile, and without noticing he ended staring at a pretty black dress in a clothing store. It was just what he needed. He went inside and asked for the price, as expected, it did not sell cheap, but that wasn't going to stop him from achieving his goal.

The next couple of days, he ended up taking a lot of quests that would pay good. Many of them were as arduous as fighting very strong monsters on his own, others were very time consuming and energy draining as travelling far away to get a couple of objects in unusual places. Yuuki knew not to ask for help from his guildmates, he didn't want to bother them, this was something he needed to do alone.

"Master, I've seen you've been taking a lot of quests recently" Kokkoro pointed out

"Yes... you've been more absent than usual" Pecorine agreed

Yuuki remained quiet.

"What is it that you've been hiding?" Karyl stared

"More work, more money, money is important" Yuuki simply stated

"That's true!" Kokkoro nodded

Pecorine smiled "More money, more food!"

"Money gets other than food you dolt!" Karyl rolled her eyes

"But if it's money you need, you can ask us for help" Kokkoro placed a hand on him

"Yeah! We're a guild that looks out for each other! Just say the word!" Pecorine ate

"No, I have to take" Yuuki began "responsibility"

They all stared at him for a few seconds.

"Well said! You've gotta be responsible for yourself!" Karyl laughed

"Yeah, but don't overdo it" Kokkoro said

"If you need anything just ask!" Pecorine offered

"Okay! Thank you" Yuuki smiled

The next few days he still ended up working hard thanks to the motivation his guildmates gave him, it felt good working towards something, it gave him motivation.

October 24

He only had one day left till the deadline, and he was nowhere near reaching his target budget. At the end of the day, after getting his last bit of payment, he left in defeat. One last time, he went past the store, and stared at the black dress once more like he's been doing everyday for the past three weeks. The store saw him and came out.

"You've been staring at the same black dress for a few weeks now, you still interested in it?" He smiled

"Yes, but not enough money" Yuuki saddened

"Tell you what, it's been in this store for a few months now but no one's been interested in it, I was actually thinking of throwing it away, if I recall you're from that food guild a lot of the citizen's have been talking about, tell you what, I'll give it to you for free if you do me a favour" He offered

Yuuki's eyes lit up like never before.

"What I need from you is..."

Yuuki rushed back home to find Kokkoro, Karyl and Pecorine sitting around the table preparing dinner.

"Hi Yuuki! What seems to be the rush?" Karyl questioned

"I need, help" Yuuki said

Thus, they all prepped up a special bug meal that Yuuki brought to the store clerk as he requested. He tried it and without fail, Pecorine's masterclass cooking sent him straight to heaven. He handed the black dress to Yuuki for free as promised. Karyl helped him wrap it up into a gift and Kokkoro helped him learn the lyrics to a good song.

October 25

He held onto the gift until it was dark, patiently waiting for her shift to end. Finally when the sun set down she left the castle and went home.

"Surprise!" Yuuki shouted to her

"Oh my, I didn't expect to find you in front of my house today" Jun said startled

"Happy birthday!" He handed to her the present

"You remembered...?" Jun wondered "You didn't have to... seriously"

"You work hard to keep the palace safe, so I work hard to give you a present" Yuuki smiled

"Thank you, I shall open it inside, it's dark out now, so it would be unwise of me to make you go back home on your own, would you like to stay at my place tonight?" Jun offered

"Obviously just to sleep in my extra bad of course!" She added

Yuuki nodded, he also wanted to see her reaction to the present he got her. They went inside, Jun kept her armour on, even though she somewhat grew to be comfortable without it on around him, for some reason she felt different, her chest burning like crazy.

W-what are you doing?" She asked as he got close "You're trying to take my helmet off?"

"How would I see your reaction?" He asked

"I mean, sure, it's fine as long as it's you"

She took it off, her face velvety red as been seen in front of a man.

"Sorry if my hair isn't organised properly, I don't get the time to properly take care of it like other girls, since I'm always wearing a helmet" She apologised

"It's fine" Yuuki confessed "You're beautiful"

She blushed even more "L-let's open the present"

She opened it with a smile on her face, it's been a long time since she actually got given a present by someone, so she was very excited. She held up the black dress he got for her, Jun's smile slowly faded.

"Oh"

"You... don't like it?" Yuuki saddened

"No, no, it's beautiful! But... are you sure it's a good idea to give it to me? I'm almost never wearing anything apart from my armour, this dress seems expensive, so why go out of your way to buy me this? I'm sure someone else would make better use of it, after all, I'm not feminine enough to wear something like this..." Jun pointed out

"No"

"No?"

"You're beautiful, you don't have many clothes, I thought this would suit you well, and maybe if you're not busy tomorrow you could wear it alongside the ribbon I bought for you a long time ago, no one would recognise you" Yuuki suggested

"Are you sure...?" Jun said "I'd feel embarrassed to go out wearing this though"

"I can come with you" Yuuki offered

"If it's not too much of a bother then, I'd like that" Jun admitted "I can send in a message to the castle, I'm sure they wouldn't mind"

They conversed for a few hours then they went to sleep.

The next morning Yuuki woke up to find Jun cooking breakfast for him. He ate up as she got ready. However, she seemed to be taking too long, he went up to her room and opened the door to check in on her. There she was staring blankly at the dress wearing a bra and underwear. She totally did not see him.

"You okay?" He asks

"Huh?" She snaps back

She slowly realises she was basically wearing nothing, slowly her face went completely red, she launched a pillow hitting him straight on the face, a pillow isn't a heavy object, but by the speed she threw it in the pillow ended up knocking him out. Although it hurt, he felt happy seeing more of her real side, instead of her always keeping her cool.

He woke up facing her face, his head resting on her lap.

"S-sorry about that" She apologised

"No worries" Yuuki smiled "ready to go out?"

She finally managed to wear the dress he got for her, she looked more beautiful than ever, slightly blushing here and there. At the start of their date she was very closed up, but as the day went on she opened up a bit more. At the end of the day she felt evermore comfortable be outside with him.

They went back to her house.

"Thank you for this, it was the best birthday ever" Jun thanked

"It really was" He smiled

"Hey... would you like to go upstairs?" She asked

"Sure"

They spoke to each other about anything and everything, Yuuki could never stop being impressed at her strength and the Battle She has thought, the same was for Jun when he spoke about all kinds of adventures he had with the Gourmet Guild.

"Hey, do you think I could sometimes join you guys in some of your adventures outside Landosol? All I've known is this place, I've never really ventured outside of it"

"Of course!" Yuuki accepted "I'm sure the others will be happy to have you on board!"

"Yay!" Jun smiled

Her smile made him weak, her beautiful face, he couldn't hold back anymore. The raging boner that's been active since this morning demanded action. Without thinking with his head, he leaned in forward and kissed her on the lips. She did not opposed. He slightly nudged her onto the bed. Her slender perfect body. He slipped his pants down, as she undressed, with two fingers he poked at her moist vagina that squirted a bit every now and then as he licked her hardening nipples. He raised his head to kiss her once more as he made his penis enter her vagina. With every thrust Jun would moan slightly louder.

"N-no, slow down, I don't want you to see me like this..." She protested

"I want to see more of your feminine side" Yuuki slipped his tongue in her mouth as they passionately kissed

He thrusted and thrusted, her walls tightening up, they were both so close. Then, with one big thrust, reaching all the way into her womb, they both orgasmed in perfect synchrony. Then with a last embrace they fell asleep. The next morning he woke up, Jun wore her armour without her helmet. She leaned in and kissed his lips. Then left to go to work.

He got up, ate breakfast, got ready, then headed home.

Jun's strength increased a ton, her devotion to protect the kingdom and Yuuki fueled her drive for it.